Wheel-tire.



GfW. CLAYVlLLB a D. W. DAVIS.

WHEEL TIRE.

ABPLIGATION FILED SBI"I.16,1913A Patented Aug. 25, lQ-.

WITNESSES UNITED sTATEs PATENT ersten.

GEORGE W. oLAYvILLE-AND DAVID-W. Devis, or rnmannltrnrn, rnuwsrnvnnrn,

AssIGNoRs F ONE-THIRD To WALTER s. GRAY, or PHILADELPHIA, rennes1.-

vANIA.

I To all whom 'it may concern.'

ture obviating inflation by pneumatic means.

iIt consists also of members adapted to stilen and strengthen the connection of thev tire proper with the felly and prevent severe creeping of said tire proper. y

The invention is satisfactorily illustrated in the accompanying drawing, but the im` portant instrumentalities thereof may be varied, and so it is to be understood that the invention is' not limited to the specific arrangement and organization shown and described.

Figure 1 represents a vertical diametric section of a tire embodying our invention. Fig." 2 represents a transverse section on line :fr-r, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a transverse se'ction on line y-y, Fig. .1. Fig. 4 represents a section ot' a modification ot' a portion of the invention.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings :-1 designates a Jr'elly, and 2 designates spokes that are connecited with the same and with the hub 3 of a `Wheel in any suitable manner. 4 designaltes a circular .rim comprising the tire proper surrounding the exterior of said felly 1 at a distance therefrom and has connected With it the sidemembers 5 which are com- -poseid of circular plates as annuli which freely embrace the sides of the .rim 4 and extend inwardly therefrom a sufficient dis-l tance as to beengaged with said rim under' all conditions of the wheel and so be pre` vented from disconnection therefrom.

In the space between the rim 4 and felly l, are the springs 6 which in the present case are comparatively U-shaped or semielliptical, one limb or leaf of eachof seid springs being rigidly connected with the felly, and

the other limb with the rim, thus providing resiliency for the wheel; it being seen that -when the wheel is in use the portion of the tread of the same below a spring, when it Specification-of Letters iatent. applicati@ mea september 1e, 191s. seal In. 790,000.

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reaches the surface er" the ground, roadway, street, etc., is caused to yield upwardly due to the load' imposed on said ortion. This yielding however is subjects to the resistance of the spring, which owing to 'its ne ture renders the rim and consequently the Wheel resilient as is evident in a 'gentle but eilicient manner, it being noticed that as the rnn reaches its place of tread on the surface and passes the same, its side members 5 vipreserve the osition of the rimin its relation to the fe 1y. To assist this to a further vet brate on the side edges of the felly and'so s extent and 'prevent severe creeping of the resilient action of the springs, While, howvf ever, preventing injurious closing of the leaves thereof, one on the other, the tongues" and sockets also serving to connect the rim with the fell Wheel and' li ewise to brace said members at lintervals and correspondingly stiften the Wheel while preserving its resiliency. It will be noticed that the greater portions of the tongues are outside of the sockets and thus the former have ample length to bend or ive as the outer rim moves ecccnitrically regard to the inner Wheel structure,'

Wit and then resume their right lineddirections, their free ends playing in and out ci the vsockets as the outer rim moves, as above stated.

The periphery of the tire pro er is shown as clad with the' shoe 9 of rub er or other suitable material'as Well known and. the extent of the side members 5 of the tire proper has thereon the hooks 10 for connection therewith of the chain 11 which' is passed over the shoe for non-skidding purposes.

In Fig. 4 positions of Athe tongues and socket, that is to say,'the socket 8 is shown as connected with the `inner periphery of the tire proper is shown as connected in the circular direction of the 10B we illustrate the reversal of the l vga4 yvith'tlie `outer periphery of the telly l? but tlitongue has its movable Connection with andplay in the soc-,'lretJ and the operation of i ,dust, stones, ete., are prevented 'from enterfing the space between the tire proper and 'fe1ly, The tire proper and its side members Y* are made 4preferably in sections to facilitate 'theraseeinbly of the various parte of the device, the same being connected by bolts or ',;nuts, as shown in Fig. l, or other suitable -means v f Having thus described our invention, `what We claim as new and desire to secure by-Letters Patent, is:-

i In a resilient and non-puncturable tire, atirepropenn telly encircled 'thereby and y .separatedtherefrorm a substantially sen1i-el- 2t =1iptical spring interposed between said tire proper and felly and having its; ends attached directly to said tire proper and folly at points in radial elinement, a socket se# momo/i cured to said elly, and a. resilient tongue S84 socket and adapted to abut against the base thereof,

ln e Wheel. tire of tbe character stated,

a tire proper, a telly, the former freely en`v circling 'the latter, semi-elliptical springs between said tire proper and felly and connected respectively with tbe same, sockets and resilient tongues fitted to each other tele` seopioally between said tire proper and elly and connected respectively with the same, said tongues adapted. to abut against the bases of the sockets, and plates which extend from the sides of said tire proper radially therefrom over the sides of said felly toward the hub of the Wheel and 'being adapted to ride freely on said felly and to close the sides of the space between the felly and tire proper in which said resilient device and GEORGE W. CLAYVILLE DAVD ,l/V. DVS.

vsockets and tongues are contained. 

